title: Flow mapping inside a left ventricular aneurism: a potential tool to demonstrate thrombogenicity.
abstract: We describe the use of vector flow mapping (VFM), a novel echocardiographic technique allowing intracardiac flow visualization, to quantify flow intensity inside a left ventricular aneurysm in a 68-year-old man. VFM successfully identified areas of stagnant flow corresponding to the wall region where a thrombus had been formed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rodriguez Muñoz
authors.forename: José L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Moya Mur
authors.forename: Derly C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Becker Filho
authors.forename: Luis M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Rincon Díaz
authors.forename: Ariana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gonzalez Gómez
authors.forename: Covadonga
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fernández-Golfín
authors.forename: José L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Zamorano Gómez
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012212:Rheology / Q000379:methods; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*
keywords: Doppler echocardiography; cardiac imaging